Oh my goodness! That is a fantastic find David - and you had this tin just laying around, untouched for who knows how long? It makes me wonder what other treasures are at the Hamer home. (Do you think they'll let me carry a shovel on a trans-atlantic flight? )

Oh! you liked them! Me too :wink: I used to have them arranged on a shelf, but the "dust collector" comments became to shrill, so I dropped them in the tin. There are a few more things there. I`ll have to look.

My Avatar represents an Officer of the 2nd Nassau Regiment. One of the little Confederation of the Rhein armies during the napoleonic wars.. They fought in Spain with the French and at Waterloo against the French.

Nassau was a small Dukedom (or similar) in Germany, it no longer exists... The Prussians grabbed it.